Vermont § 902 - Duties of Commissioner of Buildings and General Services

§ 902. Duties of Commissioner of Buildings and General Services

• (a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall contract for and make all
  purchases, including all fuel, supplies, materials, equipment, for all departments,
  offices, institutions, and other agencies of the State and counties. However, he or
  she may delegate authority to those governmental agencies to purchase directly individually
  approved types and classes of items when the interests of the State are best served
  thereby. He or she shall also contract for and purchase materials for the repair and
  for the construction and equipment of new buildings to be erected by the State, unless
  otherwise provided. He or she may purchase such supplies, materials, and equipment
  as are requisitioned by the supervisors of the natural resources conservation districts.
  He or she may also cooperate with and advise officials of any political subdivision
  of the State or any institution of higher education chartered in Vermont and accredited
  or holding a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education in their purchase
  of any of the supplies, materials, and equipment needed by the political subdivision
  or institution of higher education, and may act as the agent of the political subdivision
  at the request of the authorized officials or agent thereof in the purchase of supplies,
  materials, and equipment. (b) [Repealed.] (c) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may establish, in consultation
  with the heads of the governmental agencies, quality standards for all items specified
  in subsection (a) of this section. (d) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may prescribe forms to be used
  in all purchasing, warehousing, and inventory functions set forth in this section;
  and when he or she so prescribes, the forms shall be used by all departments and agencies
  affected by this section. (e) [Repealed.] (f) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may also: (1) establish and supervise inventory methods to be used by all government agencies; (2) [Repealed.] (3) maintain and operate the office supply service; (4) receive, warehouse, manage, and distribute all State property and commodities, except
  alcoholic beverages purchased by the Board of Liquor and Lottery; and all surplus
  federal property and commodities; (5) maintain central inventory of all State property and equipment other than lands and
  buildings; and (6) maintain and operate the State’s Fleet Management System. (g) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may establish substitute practices
  and exceptions from practices in requisitioning and purchasing that do not violate
  the spirit and intent of the general procedures; and he or she may direct, subject
  to the right of appeal by the head of the governmental agency to the Governor, the
  purchase of specified items to be made under the substitute practices and exceptions
  from practices. (h) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may employ a standards and specifications
  engineer who shall under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Buildings
  and General Services: (1) develop standards; (2) assist the buyers and requisitioning agencies in formulating specifications; (3) work on the continued expansion of the testing program; (4) cooperate with departments and other agencies in the improvement of inspection practices; (5) perform such other duties relative to the duties of the Commissioner of Buildings
  and General Services as the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services may direct. (i) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, all alcoholic beverages sold by the
  Board of Liquor and Lottery shall be purchased by the Board as set forth in 7 V.S.A. §§ 104 and 107. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1961, No. 31, § 1; 1963, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1965, No. 125, § 16, eff. July 2, 1965; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 15(b); 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 38, eff. June 13, 1988; 1991, No. 87, § 3; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; 2005, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. May 15, 2006; 2013, No. 50, § E.101.8; 2017, No. 83, § 158; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 88.)